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Honored ContributorSimplest method to transmit a file to FPGA
Provided that one has a file that is to be transmitted down to the FPGA and it will store every byte into internal or external memory (maximum size is around 1MegaByte). What is the preferred way of ...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- On a second thought, as far as I vaguely understand, there is also a method by which such extra data can be bundled together with the FPGA configuration data and together with this configuration data be burned onto a configuration memory. Perhaps this will be a faster way to get this data onto a flash so the design can read it out and send it to the data converters? --- Quote End --- Don't know if this is still an issue for you but to bundle the data with configuration image, use the convert programming files... utility and click add hex data; select relative addressing and check the set start address checkbox - enter the location in the configuration flash where you want the file (after the configuration image); click browse (...) in the hex file sub-window and browse for your Intel-hex formatted data file and click ok. Since you say the file is >1MB, use 32-bit addressing when you generate the data file.
